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What I'm actually confused about is why the Clairvoyant couldn't have learned any of this. Fury, the doctor, and the two guards likely all knew what was going on at the very least, and there had to have been many others in the know. I could understand why getting into Fury's head would be hard (I'm sure he has some Wolverine-type mental walls in place), but the others?

Because I don't think he actually has any psychic powers. It reinforces my belief that it's someone like MODOK and he's essentially data-mining in a Total Information Awareness type way. This is one event with literally no available information. It's a total blackhole.

The other alternative is just that there's a mole in SHIELD. Either way, the mole clearly doesn't have the full information. If, two weeks from now, we find out that the Clairvoyant knows everything that Coulson knows, it'll obviously be different.

However, even under my theory, he should at least have known of that location. I certainly think anything Fitz can do, the Clairvoyant can do better. The only counter to that Fitz found the location through abstract, creative thinking. The Clairvoyant could have seen the "encrypted" location of Guest House and not thought it represented a picture of an actual location.

George Tarleton is subjected to a mutagenic process that grants him superhuman intelligence, including a computer-like memory, the ability to scour and retain large databanks of information very quickly and solve abstract mathematical problems nearly instantaneously. He also has the ability to calculate the mathematical probability of any given event occurring; an ability so strong that it borders on precognition. However, his creativity remains at average human level.

The problem is that there was a data trail, and I'm sure there are files hidden away somewhere with more detailed information. I mean, it only took the wonder twins a few seconds to "hack" into SHIELD's systems and find the information they were after, and all the drugs and whatnot were in the file Coulson had. So someone like MODOK should have been able to pick up all that same data in no time. Considering the resources he has at his disposal, including all the augmented super-spies, and the fact that the base only had two dudes defending it... yeah. I just don't see how that works, either.

As for psychic powers not existing, we know that's not true. Just because they can't mention the X-Men doesn't mean they don't exist. It is odd how adamant Coulson is on the subject, though.

I have to admit, I have a hard time taking MODOK seriously. Not just because of the way he looks, but because of Marvel themselves.

I didn't say psychic powers didn't exist, I said the Clairvoyant doesn't have psychic powers. I think this for pretty much the reason you said - he would know more information if he did.

I was editing my post rapidly there so I'm not sure you caught everything. My theory was that he got to the picture of the mountain but couldn't solve the puzzle. And I don't think there's a data trail beyond what we've seen (certainly, not one online or accessible to a SHIELD mole depending on the theory). If you want to believe otherwise, that's fine, but I'm trying to offer an explanation, not say "it makes no sense."

It seemed clear to me that this was some illegal facility and that Fury had gone to the dark side to save Coulson. What I'm curious about is why the facility was all but abandoned and rigged to self destruct.

My impression is that the facility was only staffed when in use. In times when there is no patient like Coulson, they shut down and leave just the security detail. TAHITI looked to be automated and did not need constant monitoring or support. Perhaps there was a staff that would show up periodically, but not daily.

I'm not entirely sold on the idea that what we saw in that chamber was an alien. The show is hinting that Skye may be an extraterrestrial already so having the body fluids of another alien save her may make the narrative a little too alien heavy. Perhaps (if an alien) the house guest is tied to Skye's recently revealed past but that may be too strong a coincidence.

The big assumption floating around is that it's Mar-Vell but I thought we could toss around different and wilder theories.

Here's mine:

Lemurian Like an Atlantean, but different enough to side-step rights issues with the Namor studio. Also if the rights revert to Marvel in the near future, they can always retcon him into a full-fledged Atlantean.

Deviant/Eternal Explains the healing power of their body fluids and they are a pretty undesired property within the Marvel universe for potential studio productions. "G" could stand for Ghaur.

Gamma-Irradiated Explains the "g" in "g.h." and the Hulk was said to have a healing factor during Peter David's run on the title. Other gamma-blasted individuals could have similar abilities, possibly in their blood, though Coulson's and Skye's blood transfusions could lead to a She-Hulk type situation.

If they do go the alien route, the house guest could be one of Yondu's people (Alpha Centauri?) for a possible tie in to the GotG movie next season (fingers crossed). Since Michael Rooker is playing Yondu in the film, a guest role on the show next season wouldn't be too far outside the realm of possibility. Yondu could come to Earth looking for his friend and then seek payback for what happened to him.

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Side note: I think M.O.D.O.K. (or he-who-will-become-MODOK) would be perfect for the Clairvoyant. He would definitely fit in this acronym-filled season.

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When I first saw that the magical elixir was coming from someone/thing, my first thought was that the original Human Torch was going to be in the chamber. Years ago, during John Byrne's Namor series, a character named Spitfire got a blood transfusion from the original Torch, Jim Hammond (apparently the android had blood to donate -- just go with it) and it healed and rejuvenated her. For a brief moment I thought AoS might go there with this insane premise (my mind flashed back to that glorious moment in the Captain America movie when you could see the original Torch on display) but they didn't. A missed opportunity.

^Spitfire actually originated in the Roy Thomas-written Invaders series of the 1970s...and the original Torch was supposed to be a true android, with synthetic blood, organs, etc., rather than a human-looking robot.

I wouldn't be surprised if they touched upon Horton's synthetic man from the Cap movie at some point in SHIELD, though they'd probably have to avoid the name, and possibly the powers. Here's a kooky idea for Skye's true nature...what if she's Jim Hammond's daughter...?

Well I'm not going to be able to click on that link. I'll try to remember a month from now so I can take a look. Why can't Captain America just come out already. It's almost impossible to avoid spoilers these days.